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- The sixth episode of “Dancing with the Stars” is themed “Wicked” night, featuring songs from the hit musical.
- “Wicked” movie director Jon M. Chu will serve as a guest judge for the episode.
- New episodes air live on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET.
This week’s episode of “Dancing with the Stars” marks the half-way point of the season, and things will be getting a little “Wicked.”
Tonight’s sixth episode is “‘Wicked’ night” for the celebrities and their pro partners, with each couple “Dancing through Life” to the tunes of the hit musical movie, in anticipation of the sequel’s theater release in November.
Here’s what to know about “‘Wicked’ night” on “Dancing with the Stars” this week, which “Wicked” songs each couple will be dancing to, each of their scores from week five and how to watch and vote live.
What time is ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on tonight?
New episodes of “Dancing with the Stars” air live on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET.
Watch ‘Dancing with The Stars’ with Disney Bundle
Episodes of “Dancing with the Stars” season 34 are available to stream on Hulu on Wednesday following their air date.
What is the theme for week 6 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’?
Tonight’s episode will be “‘Wicked night,” to celebrate the upcoming movie-musical sequel “Wicked: For Good,” starring Cynthia Erivo and Florida-native Ariana Grande.
On Sept. 18, last season’s champion, former “Bachelor” Joey Graziadei, revealed the themes for each week of season 34 on the “Dancing with the Stars” official podcast.
Here are the weekly themes for “Dancing with the Stars” season 34:
- Week 1, Sept. 16 – Personal anthems
- Week 2, Sept. 23 – One-hit wonders
- Week 3, Sept. 30 – TikTok night
- Week 4, Oct. 7 – Disney night
- Week 5, Oct. 14 – Dedication night
- Week 6, Oct. 21 – “Wicked” night
- Week 7, Oct. 28 – Halloween night
- Week 8, Nov. 4 – Rock and roll hall of fame night
- Week 9, Nov. 11 – “Dancing with the Stars” 20th birthday party night
- Week 10, semi-finals, Nov. 18 – Prince night (As in the late, great singer of “Purple Rain” and “Little Red Corvette”)
- Week 11, season finale, Nov. 25 – Three-hour finale has no overarching theme
Who is the guest judge on ‘DWTS’ this week? ‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu to judge
Jon M. Chu is an American director, producer and screenwriter. In addition to the “Wicked” movies, he has directed other critically acclaimed films, such as “Crazy, Rich Asians,” “In the Heights” and three movies in the “Step Up” franchise.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ ‘Wicked’ night songs released, see list
According to Forbes, here’s what this week’s “Wicked” dances will be:
- From Pentatonix GRAMMY winner Scott Hoying and partner Rylee Arnold will perform a Contemporary to “The Wizard And I” by Cynthia Erivo, featuring Michelle Yeoh.
- Social media personality Alix Earle and partner Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Jazz to “What Is This Feeling?” by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
- Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and partner Witney Carson will perform a Jazz to “Dancing Through Life” by Jonathan Bailey.
- From “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” Whitney Leavitt and partner Mark Ballas will perform a Quickstep to “Popular” by Ariana Grande.
- Reality TV star and content creator Dylan Efron and partner Daniella Karagach will perform a Rumba to “I’m Not That Girl” by Cynthia Erivo.
- Comedian Andy Richter and partner Emma Slater will perform a Jazz to “One Short Day” by Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, featuring Michael McCorry Rose.
- Film and TV actress Elaine Hendrix and partner Alan Bersten will perform a Contemporary to “Defying Gravity ” by Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande.
- From “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” Jen Affleck and partner Jan Ravnik will perform a Foxtrot to “As Long as You’re Mine” by Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey.
- “Boy Meets World” star Danielle Fishel and partner Pasha Pashkov will perform an Argentine Tango to “No Good Deed” by Cynthia Erivo.
- Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles and partner Ezra Sosa will perform a Rumba to “For Good” by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Any Floridians on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2025? See how they scored last week
Season 34 of “Dancing with the Stars” featured two stars from Miami, Florida: singer Lauren Jauregui and influencer Alix Earle.
Going into week six, Alix Earle is the only remaining celebrity from Florida. Jauregui and her pro partner were booted from the show at the end of the third episode.
Earle and partner Val Chmerkovskiy performed a Contemporary to “Sparks” by Coldplay for “Dedication night” last week. She dedicated the dance to her little sister, Izabel. She saw the second-highest score of the night with a 35 out of 40.
See every contestant’s score from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ week 5
Here’s how each celebrity scored out of 40 points during last week’s fifth episode:
- 36 – Reality TV star and brother of actor Zac Efron, Dylan Efron
- 35 – Florida-based influencer Alix Earle
- 35 – Robert Irwin, son of the late, great Steve Irwin
- 33 – “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Whitney Leavitt
- 32 – Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles
- 30 – Actress known for her role as Meredith Blake in the 1998 remake of “The Parent Trap,” Elaine Hendrix
- 30 – Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying
- 29 – “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Jen Affleck
- 29 – Star of the nineties sitcom “Boy Meets World,” Danielle Fishel
- 24 – Comedian and former sidekick of Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter
How do I vote on ‘Dancing with the Stars’? How to vote online, through text
Throughout the season, fans will be able to vote for their favorite couples during the live simulcast of the show, which will be broadcast in the EST/CST time zones.
Online voting will be available to fans in any time zone in the U.S., its territories and Canada at dwtsvote.abc.com. Fans with a participating U.S. wireless carrier can also vote via SMS/text; however, this feature is not available for viewers in Canada.
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